Maureen Lipman's playwright daughter on the shock of discovering she had Bell's Palsy - Daily Mail 29th March 2008

It was autumn 1998; I was 24 years old and embarking on a career as a playwright. I was due to begin a year as writer-in-residence at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and, professionally at least, I had plenty to smile about. So it came as some surprise, during a meeting with a prospective director, to find that smiling was impossible.

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